Thursday, January 10, 2013

President Barack Obama’s support from New York City in
the 2012 election was the highest recorded for a candidate in more than
100 years, according to a final tally of votes.

Obama beat Republican challenger Mitt Romney by 81 percent to 18
percent in the nation’s largest city, according to a certified vote
count released Dec. 31 by the state board of elections. Some New York
ballots were counted late in part because of complications caused by
Hurricane Sandy.

Obama’s share of the vote is the best showing by a presidential
nominee in New York since its five boroughs were consolidated in 1898,
according to data compiled by Bloomberg from the state elections board
and the 2005 books “America at the Polls” and “The Encyclopedia of New
York State.”